356.0 Aluminum vs. 6063 Aluminum
Both 356.0 aluminum and 6063 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 356.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6063 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 55 to 75 | |
| 25 to 95 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 3.8 | |
| 7.3 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 55 to 75 | |
| 39 to 95 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 190 | |
| 70 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 110 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 190 | |
| 49 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 to 170 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 to 43 | |
| 49 to 58 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 to 150 | |
| 160 to 190 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -730 | |
| -740 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.2 to 8.2 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 70 to 250 | |
| 18 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 11 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 33 | |
| 18 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 to 71 | |
| 79 to 89 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 11 | |
| 4.8 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.1 to 93.3 | |
| 97.5 to 99.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0.45 to 0.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |